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in the spirit of tiger v lion, snake v leopard
I've no idea who/what they are.
Post does make perfect sense otherwise.
Given that Sven races MTB as well as 'cross and hasn't won the worlds or the world cup, I would say Schurter!
gonna have to agree though fontana got smashed at world cx champ, but competative at xc.
It might help if you could spell their names correctly.
If the course is tech Niño would destroy Sven just as Vos gets destroyed in the womens World Cup XC.
Similar yet different sports....
If you see another great mtb rider like Marco Fontana 'struggling' against the top crossers I would expect Schurter to have same issues.
Kulhavy has also given it a go & been unsuccessful.
Kevin Pauwels has been Belgian xc mtb champ a couple of times but he's done it on fast, less technical courses.
Interesting topic though particularly with the seemingly well supported suggestion to bring cross to the winter Olympics in the future
this years world cup saw Fontana race CX in Rome....I dont think he made top 10.
sorry about the spelling, did check but I think we know who we are talking about.
yeah, fontana was way back behind the belgium's etc.
Ahh I see, a question for the children...
I'd say Nys.. given his ability in cross and mtb.. in MTB he has been pretty good,take Bejiing olympics
Not that clear cut is it. They both excel at their own disciplines, but have raced each other and nothing drastic has happened.
I enjoy both for their skill in their respective disciplines, Nys is less exciting to watch than Štybar if we're doing CXers, and Schurter has a good amount of flare, so Schurter for my money.
yeah, one for the (adult) kids out there. some of the swiss xc boys werein the world champs anddidnt show!